Story, Wyoming
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sheridan South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82842. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle. 903 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,036 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStory grew from 828 to 903 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 828 | |
| 2020 | 903 | +75 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Story between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Buffalo Field Office | MILE MARKER 42 |
| 3 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn National Forest | GRANDMA'S MOUNTAIN |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo Field Office | BEAR CANYON |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | BEAR CANYON FIRE |
| 17 August 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Sheridan County | 620 HWY 193 |
| 15 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Story: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Little Falls Claim | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
24 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Story in 24 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 21 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Story | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement north of Lake Desmet. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Story | - | A thunderstorm wind gust around 70 mph resulted in about 8 trees either toppled or broken in the Story area. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Story | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Story | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Story | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1949682 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1603389. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







